Person:Ralph Reed (26)

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Ralph Reed
b.5 Sep 1686 Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
d.Bef 25 Feb 1766 Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 21 Mar 1681/82
  1. John Reed1683/84 -
  2. Ralph Reed1686 - Bef 1766
  3. Elizabeth Reed1690 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Ralph Reed1686 - Bef 1766
  • W.  Mary UnknownAbt 1688 - 1775
m. Bef 1710
  1. Jonathan Reed1710 - 1710
  2. David Reed1710 - 1730
  3. Capt. John Reed1712 - 1755
  4. Mary Reed1714 - Bef 1765
  5. Abigail Reed1717 -
  6. Jonathan Reed1722 - Bef 1761
  7. Joshua Reed1724 - 1786
  8. Amos Reed1728 -
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Facts and Events
Name[2] Ralph Reed
Gender Male
Birth[1] 5 Sep 1686 Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage Bef 1710 Based on birth of eldest child
to Mary Unknown
Death[3] Bef 25 Feb 1766 Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. ↑ Johnson, Edward F. Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, and Marriages . (Woburn, Massachusetts: Andrews, Cutler & Co., 1890-1919)
    Vol. 1, p. 204.

    REED, Ralph, s. of John, [born] Sept. 5, 1686.

  2. ↑ Reed, Jacob Whittemore. History of the Reed Family in Europe and America. (Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States: John Wilson and Son, 1861)
    p. 70.

    Ralph Read, s/o John Read and Elizabeth, b. 5 Sep 1686, m. 1709 Mary Pierce.
    [Note: Reed gives no further identification of Mary, and there is no record of this marriage. Except for Wm Cutter parroting this information, there seems to be no other sign that Mary's maiden name was Pierce. It may have been. Benjamin Pierce and Mary Reed had a daughter Mary in early 1692, which would have been Ralph's cousin. This is a marginal match to the 1688 birth calculated from her age at death. No marriage for this Mary is given in either Source:Pierce, Frederick Clifton. Peirce Genealogy : Being the Record of the Posterity of John Pers, an Early Inhabitant of Watertown, in New England, Who or Source:Pierce, Frederic Beech. Pierce Genealogy : Being the Record of the Posterity of Thomas Pierce, an Early Inhabitant of Charlestown and Afterwords, both of whom claim Benjamin Pierce for their branch. Given how error-filled Reed is, it seems at least probable that the author confused Ralph with his grandfather who did marry a Mary Pierce.]

  3. ↑ FHL film 0421500, in Massachusetts. Probate Court (Middlesex County). Probate records, 1648-1924. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1964-1967)
    Case 18952 "Ralph Reed 1765".

    25 Sep 1765: Will of "Ralph Reed of Woburn ... yeoman", mentions "Mary my beloved wife", "I formerly gave to my son John Reed deceased; to my son Jonathan Reed deceased; and to my Daughter Mary How Deceased; their full portions out of my estate in their life time", "I have formerly Given my son Joshua Reed; and my Daughter Abigail Walker their portions", "To my Son Amos Reed" [executor].
    25 Feb 1766: Order to cite heirs for exhibit of will.
    1 Mar 1766 "Maray Reed" is satisfied with the provisions made for her in lieu of dower "by the Will of my late Husband Ralph Reed late of Woburn afores'd deceased in Lieu of Dower".
    3 Mar 1766: inventory taken
    4 Mar 1766: Will approved

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